Deadline is reporting that Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Nafessa Williams (Black Lightning) have joined the ensemble cast for Screen Gems’ cop thriller Black and Blue. Directed by Deon Taylor, the duo join Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp, and Tyrese Gibson in the film.
Black and Blue follows a rookie cop (Harris) in New Orleans who accidentally stumbles on some fellow officers murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by the body cam on her uniform. When they then fail to execute her she escapes and is hunted throughout the night by the narcs who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
Colter last starred in the Netflix series Marvel’s Luke Cage, but has a list of credits to his name including Men in Black 3, Million Dollar Baby, Salt, and Zero Dark Thirty. Besides Black and Blue, the actor’s upcoming films include Breakthrough, Before You Know It, and Fatale.
Williams, who plays Anissa Pierce, aka Thunder, in the TV series Black Lightning, has appeared in the Twin Peaks revival and the 2017 film True to the Game, among other projects.
Peter A. Dowling wrote the screenplay. Sean Sorensen will produce for Royal Viking Entertainment alongside Hidden Empire Film Group, Taylor’s own production company with partners Roxanne Avent and Robert F. Smith. Avent will serve as executive producer while Eric Paquette oversees the project for Screen Gems.
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